Lot 210 Germany SC#C19 200m Deep Blue 1923 Airmail Issue, See Detailed Description, A Fine Used Example With Likely Genuine Cancel, Click on Listing to See ALL Pictures, Net. Est. $15

A fine used example of the 200m deep blue from the 1923 Airmail Issue, see detailed description. This cancel has a good possibility of being genuine, though not as much is clearly visible as one might like. The date is visible under a loupe as 28-11-25, which is in period. At the end of the date is a vertical stroke of what looks like it could be an 'N', as all genuine examples would have, though the letter is not fully visible. The ink appears oily, and bleeds slightly into the paper, as genuine cancels from this period tend to do. 2022 Scott Classic cat. $34. Our estimate of the value based on the condition is $15.

Postally used stamps from the Weimar republic present a problem in that most are not of sufficient catalogue value for most to be worth sending off for a certificate. But they do tend to cartalogue much more than mint, and CTO, backdated or forged cancellations abound. However, there are generally two characteristics that you can look for, which will provide considerable comfort that a particular cancel is genuine, though they will not absolutely guarantee that the cancel is genuine: (1) look at both the colour and the appearance of the ink, specifically how it is absorbed by the paper of the stamp. The ink used during this period tends to have an oily greyish black colour, and it tends to bleed through the paper of the stamps. Very light, overly crisp or jet black cancels are almost certainly not contemporary. (2) Look at the line of the cancel containing the date. Typically all of the genuine CDS cancels that have the date displayed in a single line at the cancellation's centre will end with either a "V" or an "N". If they don't they aren't genuine in nearly all cases. In lotting stamps of this period we have carefully examined all the stamps in each lot and looked for both characteristics in each cancellation. We have noted, for each lot whether we believe the cancellations to be genuine and why. Some lots are backstamped with the expertising marks of the BPP to indicate that the cancels are genuine.